Jamie Korab said he was surprised when he was kicked off the Olympic gold-medal curling team, one year after the rink won gold at the 2006 Olympic games in Torino, Italy.
Korab, former lead, says he had no idea it was coming until skip Brad Gushue told him the news during a team meeting April 4.
At the time, Gushue told the St. John’s Telegram that the decision to drop his longtime teammate had been discussed over the last couple of weeks and had nothing to do with Korab’s performance.
“The team chemistry was not there, not the way it has been in the past,” Gushue said of the decision.
Korab said he felt the chemistry hadn’t changed.
Korab said the only explanation he can come up with dates back to an exchange of words he had with Gushue after a match in British Columbia, noting the exchange marked the only time he had ever spoken back to Gushue.
Jamie Korab said he was surprised when he was kicked off the Olympic gold-medal curling team, one year after the rink won gold at the 2006 Olympic games in Torino, Italy.
Korab, former lead, says he had no idea it was coming until skip Brad Gushue told him the news during a team meeting April 4.
At the time, Gushue told the St. John’s Telegram that the decision to drop his longtime teammate had been discussed over the last couple of weeks and had nothing to do with Korab’s performance.
“The team chemistry was not there, not the way it has been in the past,” Gushue said of the decision.
Korab said he felt the chemistry hadn’t changed.
Korab said the only explanation he can come up with dates back to an exchange of words he had with Gushue after a match in British Columbia, noting the exchange marked the only time he had ever spoken back to Gushue.
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“I didn’t raise my voice, I didn’t get in his face. He just basically said to me, ‘Guys we can’t give up on those,’ and I turned it right back around on him and said ‘Well Brad, it looked like you gave up on it.’”
Korab said Gushue responded negatively to his comment.
Korab says he’s looking for an opportunity to join another curling team.
The latest move leaves only Gushue and third Mark Nichols remaining from the Olympian rink.
Gushue’s second in Torino, Russ Howard, lives in New Brunswick and hasn’t curled for the St. John’s-based team this year.
The other member of the original squad, second Mike Adam, who was relegated to fifth in Torino, was let go just before Christmas after Chris Schille was brought in from Alberta.
